# Can i use actionmailer on my localhost?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-use-actionmailer-on-my-localhost/87167>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 28, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-use-actionmailer-on-my-localhost/87167 "2007-02-28T17:54:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![koloa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@koloa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/koloa)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-use-actionmailer-on-my-localhost/87167/1 "2007-02-28T17:54:18Z")

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or do I need to be on a server to practice the tutorials?

thanks

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**Author:** ![koloa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@koloa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/koloa)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-use-actionmailer-on-my-localhost/87167/2 "2007-02-28T20:49:55Z")

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As long as you have valid settings for ActionMailer, you can use AM on  
your  
desktop for development. My settings use my actual smtp server to send  
the  
emails.

RSL